Comments on: Inside the Bleecker/Broadway-Lafayette construction

By: William M.

William M. — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:21:02 +0000

That’s because it would be unefficent to have people run outside ini the rain to transfer to another platform. People have put up with that for years, and that is the reason why this transfer is being built dummy.

By: lolo

lolo — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:23:31 +0000

why couldn’t the MTA provide a free transfer to go from the F to the 6 uptown like they do on 59th street?? This station is one of the ONLY ones in NY with this oddity. And it is inconveniencing hundreds of thousands of people everyday who come from Brooklyn on the B/D/F or M and have to figure out a way to get on the 4-5-6 uptown (usually through a walk on 14th to get the L). Forget about the tourists who are even more at a loss when they realize they have to pay twice to get on the 6 uptown. Great city.
What a bunch of MTA morons, when they could give a free transfer until they fix the problem and all people would have to do is walk 1/2 a block.
The MTA in all its brilliance. 10 years or more that this has been going on. Screw these idiots.

By: JB

JB — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:07:53 +0000

I realize the expected finish date is Nov 2011, but does that mean the streets above the project will be closed the same duration??? I’m wondering how the businesses on Lafayette between Bleeker and Houston will stay in business.

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By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:58:55 +0000

Actually the biggest benefit to system riders will be increased access to the LES and Brooklyn to the East Side.

PErsonally, I know at least 5 BK residents who’ll be able to change their commute as a result of this trip.

The BDFV trains all run to the LES and on from there, and Bleeker is the first spot that one can get on the IRT from these trains if coming form the southeast.

This is one project that needed to happen. Besides, bleeker is a damn near decrepit station that needed fixing anyway.

By: R. Caldwell

R. Caldwell — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:20:26 +0000

This project is another example of how out of touch New Yorkers really are. This Project was and is not needed. The project is another political “feelgood” project pushed by the local city counsilperson, at that point in time(name not mentioned), to gain points to move up to higher office (now a state legislator). This project was initially projected to cost 50 million dollars. A New York Times story reported that it will benifit all of 11,000 transit riders a day. At the present projected cost of 130 million, the costs out weigh the benifits. All those escalators and elevators are required under the people with disabilities laws. At the rate this city is going there will be very few sinior citizens left here to take advantage of these accomodations. While they are doing this construction, the MTA is destroying all of the small businesses who are struggeling to survive a down turn in the economy. These small businesses are what used to be called the “backbone” of New York. There is no reduction in rent for these businesses or any way for them to claim damages against the MTA for the loss of business. They have been deserted and left to just take the hit. No wonder Manhattan is becoming an open air shopping mall with Starbucks and Bank of America on every cornor! Wake up people!!!

By: Nathanael

Nathanael — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:40:51 +0000

I wonder why this requires FIVE elevators?

OK, looking at it, it only requires three. Two are for redundancy, so that any one elevator, or two opposite-corner elevators, can be out and the platform-mezzannine-platform transfers will continue to work, and so that there’s direct platform-platform transfer with only one elevator.

The elevator to the surface remains a single point of failure however. It’s unfortunate that the four elevators can’t just extend to the surface, but I suppose closing the street overhead and turning it into a subway station entrance would be a bit much.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:28:14 +0000

Yes but Union Sq is only two stations away and you can transfer to the NQRW there. It would be nice to have but I dont think it should be a priority

By: anonymouse

anonymouse — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:49:23 +0000

I wonder, will they ever build a connection to Prince Street on the Broadway line? I believe there’s an abandoned mezzanine on the far side of Broadway as well, and the connecting passageways wouldn’t be that long, given the Prince Street station extends mostly northward from Prince. It would be a handy transfer to have, although maybe less important than other transfers that they’re considering building.